Resilient tire for vehicle-wheels



A. BAL/IGUE'R. RESILIENT TIRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1919.

Patented July y13, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDRES -BALAGUER7 OF'MARIANAO, HABANA, cUBA.

YRESIL'IENT TIRE FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

l is a specification.

- This invention relates to resilient tires for vehicle wheels and itsobject is to provide a tire of that class which has an outer shapesimilar to the ordinary pneumatic tires but which is entirely solidinside, instead of being hollow and accordingly deprived' of air tube,and resulting in a construction which is very appropriate for certainuses such as for traveling on roads of irregular surface, owing to thegreat durability of a tire of this kind. Y

In the annexed drawing, the only figure thereon represents incross-section a resilient tire provided with the improvement forming thesubject matter of this invention.

This tire is formed of a body l made of overlaying fabrics andcaoutchouc layers and which forms the lowerside flanges l and l butwhich is entirely closed underneath instead of being interrupted at thispart as is the case in the ordinary pneumatic tires, and inside the body1 is arranged a body of caoutchouc 2 entirely closed on itself formingan oval ring in transverselsection and which is separated from the bodyVl by a thick vand strong fabric 3 which is also closed on itself, andinside ,the body 2 is arranged a crescent body4 made of overlayingfabrics and caoutchouc layers which upperly and laterally surroundsanucleus of caoutchouc 5 of circular section, the body 4 being separatedfrom the body 2 by areinforcement ofV thick and strong fabric 6 closedon itself and the nucleus being seplSpecification of Letters Patent.Patntd July 13,- '1920! Application nl ed May 6, 1919. Serial No.295,231. i I 'Y arated fromthe body 4 bya similar reinforcement which isalso closed on itself and connected to the reinforcement@ The body l isouterly coveredwith acasing 8 made of a vthick and strong fabricand theouter half of this casing with a. caoutchouc layer 9. f

' This tire can be placed on a'transportable wheel rim formed'by twometallic rings 10 is in turn coveredfy w and ll oppositely having awedge shapedV 'i edge l0 or'll and the other end an inward concavitychanneled iiange l2 or 13V for respectively adjusting with the anges 1'and l of the tire, both rings 10 and 11 being connected by means ofcountersunk headf screws 14 screwed ron threaded holes in said Y rings.

What I claim is: l. In a tire which in cross section presents a crescenttread, 1 alternate layers of fabric andcushion material beneath saidtread, a relatively heavy elliptical cushion beneath said layers, acrescent of fabric and cushion layers within the vouter portion of saidelliptic member, and a circular cushion within the inner portion ofsaidelliptical member, the said crescent and circular cushion surroundedby circular layers ofV fabric.

2.' In a tire which in cross sectionl presents a crescent tread, beads,alternate layf ers of cushion material and fabric beneath said tread andforming said beads and com# pletely inclosing an inner ellipticalcushion member, a crescent shaped set of llayers of fabric andcushionmaterial partially incloslng a Vcircular' cushion member andsurrounded by a set 'of fabric lavers within said elliptical member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature hereunto. l j

ANDRES BALAGUER.

